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The Little Prince

The Little Prince Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Translated from French to English by Katherine Woods 99 Pages Published 1943 Unveiling I myself believe that I am not a child anymore. Yet this book, categorized as literature and also a children’s book. It actually is a children’s book for grown-ups as they said. The cover design and also relatively easy sentences might give you the impression of a children’s book. Instead what you will find is rather symbolized, implicit, while having some blunt messages at the same time. I warn you in advance that you might find spoilers below. Although I am under the impression that I am not revealing much of it. Storyline The story is being delivered from a narrator’s perspective. While the narrator is also becoming one of the main characters, his name has never been revealed to us through the whole story. The narrative approached with a short flashback. He found himself keep regretting the grown-ups’ failure to be more imaginative. There...

Giant Killing - Manga Review

Title : Giant Killing Written by : Masaya Tsunamoto Illustrated by : Tsujitomo Year : 2007 Published : Kodansha (Japan) & Elex Media Komputindo (Indonesia) Giant killing follows the story of small football team located on the eastern part of Tokyo, East Tokyo United (ETU) and people around the club as they’re struggle navigating their way through the competitions in Japan Football. The story stars as Gotou, CEO of ETU that going to England to search for Tatsumi who is now managing 5 th division amateur club, in which, to everyone surprise, manage to get to FA Cup best 32. Gotou, after some negotiation, get what he was coming for, as for Tatsumi, he is going back to Japan. Tatsumi challenge though, was not an easy one. ETU is in a dire place both in term of football and financial for a long period. This slump also took what Tatsumi’s love most about the town, the “football fever”. Could he bring ETU to better shape and make the town’s passion for football burns again? Giant killing...